Image Information
Creator Author: Sa'di (died 691 AH/AD 1292)
Culture Islamic
Title Illustration: Illuminated Frontispiece with Verses in Honor of Sa'di

Leaf from Collected Works (Kulliyat)

Text Title: Kulliyat-i Sa'di
Work Type illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves)
Dynasty Safavid Dynasty
Date 934 AH/AD 1527 (Safavid)
Location Place of Origin: Shiraz, Iran
Material ink and pigments on cream-colored laid paper
Measurements H: 9 13/16 x W: 6 1/8 in. (25 x 15.5 cm)
Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.617 is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece with verses in honor of Sa'di inscribed in the upper and lower panels.

Folio: 4a

frontispiece

Language: Persian
Repository The Walters Art Museum

Acquired by Henry Walters

W.617.4A

Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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